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Long time lurker, first time poster. I decided to officially sign up here, hoping to get away from a few of the other forums out there that cater to and have been flooded with 10 year olds lately. Not that there is anything wrong with 10 year olds, I have a 10 year old daughter myself...

Oh my, are you serious? I hope not by the smiley at the end, but I can't help but think it is by the blunt way you said that. I'm sorry if that's the case man, that truly sucks, and I hope everyone was at least ok, as you said...

Insurance is cool and glad you looked at it that way, but it still must hurt some. I had no idea though, so I'm sorry for making light. You went through something pretty ****** my friend, and I'm glad to see you so resillient from it. That shows character.

Welcome Rob. Sorry to hear about your collection. At least you and your family are ok, and that's the truly important thing.

So where do you focus your collecting habits? Looks like you do some customizing, can't wait to see your work. I don't customize, but there are some really talented customizers in these forums and I enjoy seeing the fruits of their efforts (even Ryan's on occaision!)

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Peacekeeper, when it absolutely, positively has to be nuked in 30 minutes or less. Or the next nuke's free!

Oh my, are you serious? I hope not by the smiley at the end, but I can't help but think it is by the blunt way you said that. I'm sorry if that's the case man, that truly sucks, and I hope everyone was at least ok, as you said...

Insurance is cool and glad you looked at it that way, but it still must hurt some. I had no idea though, so I'm sorry for making light. You went through something pretty ****** my friend, and I'm glad to see you so resillient from it. That shows character.

Nope, it's no joke, wouldn't joke about a thing like that. I am not superstitious, but I do believe in karma, and joking about that is tempting fate.

It's all good now, like I said no one was hurt physically. I managed to re-build my modern collection and I posted some pics in the collection section here. If you see the pictures, you can see why some people don't believe that I ever missed a beat. The only items I have yet to replace are my Vinatge items. I can go buy all the vinatge figures as well, but it's just not quite the same. The ones I lost were mine from day one, got them for X-mas, birthdays, as a kid and they had sentimental value. There is a local toy show here twice a year and I have been buying 1 vintage figure that's in great shape each time I go, so eventually I'll get there....

Welcome to JD Rob I'm sorry to hear about your house and your collection -- I hope that everyone in your family was alright though.

BTW -- you don't happen to also go by the name Bilbo do you?

Tracy

Bilbo? Nope, not me. I am not a big LOTR fan, I like the movies, don't collect the figures and definitely wouldn't choose Bilbo as a nickname. At least I hope that anyone going by Bilbo is a LOTR fan...

Anyway, welcome aboard Rob. Glad to have you stop on in for some mature and intelligent conversation on SW collecting, among other things. It's a refreshing change of pace and attitude in here, as I'm sure you'll soon discover. So kick up your feet and enjoy. Looking forward to chatting with you 'round here. Holler if you've got any questions!

- Matt

P.S. Really sorry to hear about that fire. I've often wondered what I'd ever do if something like that happened. Considering it's taken nearly 30 years to get to where I'm at right now, I couldn't even imagine trying to rebuild. Did you have a special collectibles type of insurance policy, or was your stuff just under your normal insurance? I've been meaning to look into the collectibles insurance for a while now, but have been too lazy so far...